Sunday, May 31, 2009

Man Threatening to Jump from Rooftop Shuts Down Hastings

Hastings St. was blocked off by police for a couple of hours tonight, from Main to Carroll St. A man standing on the roof of the New Lux appeared to want to jump. The New Lux is government funded housing for the hard to house, near the United We Can Bottle Depot.

The man was sitting on the roof and would occasionally stand up, teetering back and forth and hollering. He appeared to be playing to the crowd of about 75 people watching from behind yellow police tape.